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Suspension hook
Papua New Guinea - Sepik

wood, blackish brown patina, anchor-shaped arranged hooks, the corpus carved with a stylized human figure, drilled hole for suspension on top, encrusted patina, blackened with soot, slightly dam.;
hooks of this kind, elaborate carved with ancestors and mythical beings, were situated at meeting places for men.
H: 68 cm, (5418/006)

Provenance:
Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany

Suspension hook
Papua New Guinea - Sepik

wood, blackish brown patina, anchor-shaped arranged hooks, the corpus carved with a stylized human figure, drilled hole for suspension on top, encrusted patina, blackened with soot, slightly dam.;
hooks of this kind, elaborate carved with ancestors and mythical beings, were situated at meeting places for men.
H: 68 cm, (5418/006)

Provenance:
Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany